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St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, Patron of the Universal Church – Ora Pro Nobis!
Podcast, Fundraising Update, And Weekend Anticipation
Hey there, intrepid readers! Today, I recorded a podcast with John Lillis, the founder of Lifeboat Coffee Company. Lifeboat is America’s premiere pro-life Coffee provider, sending a portion of all proceeds to a number of pro-life charities each year. They also provide the coffee we’re now selling at 1P5Coffee.com. I talk to John about how he…
Ep. 33 – Pro-Life Coffee
Today, Steve speaks with John Lillis, founder and president of Lifeboat Coffee Company (and supplier of the newly-available 1P5Coffee.com) about how his pro-life coffee business got started, and where it’s going. From Steubenville to radio to live pro-life broadcasts outside an active abortion facility to becoming a major pro-life fundraiser through quality, equitably sourced coffee –…
Kasper’s Delight: Wargaming the Exhortation
Cardinal Walter Kasper — the most infamous member of the German episcopacy — appears to be just tingly with anticipation for the coming apostolic exhortation on marriage and family. Ed Pentin reports (with my emphasis): According to the Italian newspaper Il Terreno, the German theologian told an audience in the Italian city of Lucca on Monday evening that in a “few…
Pope Benedict Breaks His Silence On “Deep Crisis”
It’s a subject I’ve addressed in these pages more than once. Catholics MUST evangelize those of other faiths with a desire to convert them. “Dialogue” alone, without the intent of winning converts, is useless. In January, I wrote about my own experiences as a Catholic missionary, and how rare that missionary spirit is today: Religious…
Additional Considerations on Foot Washing
Reading through the comments on yesterday’s post about Cardinal Sarah and the changes to the Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony, Father RP’s observations stood out. So much so that I want to highlight them here (with my emphasis): I must confess to having never liked this ritual included in the Holy Mass, though I have never been…
Revisiting The Baltimore Catechism: A Neglected Style of Learning
My maternal grandmother had the merriest brown eyes of anyone I’ve ever known, but they’d take on a special light when she recalled one of the poems she’d learned as a young girl. Her favorite, Daffodils, she could recite to her dying day, with such obvious pleasure that her listeners believed she beheld in her…
Cardinal Sarah Indicates Priests Do Not Have to Wash the Feet of Women
Today, it was announced that Pope Francis will wash the feet of 12 refugees (no mention how many will be Catholic) this Holy Thursday. The Holy Father is no stranger to innovations in the rite, and today’s announcement follows on the heels of official changes made by the pope in January, altering the rubrics of the Holy Thursday liturgical…
New Podcast: Where the Heck Are Our Bishops…
…or our priests? Or our theologians? Why is fighting this fight left to bloggers and laymen, even now, after three years of escalating error and confusion? It’s a bit of a rant, but I expect you’ll understand. Listen here.
Ep. 32 – Those Who Should Speak Remain Silent
The errors that are being spread from Rome — by the pope and his cabal — are multiplying, and becoming more egregious. Why is it left to laymen and bloggers to stand for Christ’s truth? Where are those with the competence and the authority to speak? Where are our clergy? Where are our theologians? Where…
Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned -Part II: Making A Good Confession
Part 1 | Part 2 The best way to walk through the door of the Confessional is to regularly pray and ask the Lord to lead you there whenever you need it. Remember this, ponder this, and let this sink in all the way: If the soul is in a state of Mortal Sin it…
